Music-stand



(No Model.)

L. R. MUZZY.

MUSIC STAND.

No. 246,628. Patented Sept. 6,1881.

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LUoIUs R. MUZZY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MUSIC-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,628, datedSeptember 6, 1881.

Application filed July 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUoIUs R. MUZZY, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Music-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being bad to theaceompanyingdrawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a, part of thisspecificalion.

The object of my invention is to produce a light and portablemusic-stand which, while it shall be strong and durable, can be cheaplyand easily manufactured.

It consists of a light wire frame set in an iron base by a pivotalconnection, and the particular configuration and arrangement of thewhole alone constitute my invention.

Figure 1 shows aperspective view of the invention, and Fig. 2 a sideView in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, M M M are the frame-wires or skeleton,bent in the shape shown in Fig. 1, forming two V-shaped spaces, F F, andthe two upright ends E E. The middle frame-wire M is bent in the formshown in the drawings, its two ends running horizontally to the center,when they are bent downward at right angles into a perpendicularposition. The two outer frame-wires M M are bent inwardly in ahorizontal direction until they meet, are then bent horizontally towardthe middle frame-wire M, and their ends are then bentdownward contiguousto and parallel with the ends of the center frame-wire, and the ends ofall the frame-wires are then fastened in a central standard, 0,preferably formed of a short piece of gas-pipe, which is pivoted to thebase D at N.

A wire net-work, B, fastened to the framewires M M M at their horizontalportions, forms a flat shelf or table on which sheet-music or books maybe placed.

At the bottom of the V-shaped spaces 1 F are placed half-round hollowthin metallic floors 0 O, and these spaces F F serve to hold sheetmusicplaced on edge upright.

An ornamentalseroll net-work of wire, E E, forms two ends for the standattached to the frame-wires, and three transverse wires, A A A, serve tobrace the stand, being fastened securely to the apeXes of the bentframe.

I prefer to shape the base of the stand as shown by D, Fig. I, with fourfeet provided with casters; but any convenient or desirable form may begiven to it. Wire drop-handles P are attached at the two opposite sidesfor convenience in moving the stand.

Having thus described my invention, I elaini- A wire music-stand formedof the bent-wire frames M M M, with the wire shelf B and sides E E, andprovided with the pivoted standard G, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

LUOIUS R. MUZZY.

WVitnesses LAWRENCE TWILLEY, E. H. BOTTUM.

